1. Early Explorers of North America

2. Columbus  August 3, 1492 set sail with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria  Arrived in the Bahamas, October 12  For the next 50 years, other Spanish explorers followed

3. Ponce de Leon  Explored Florida in 1513

4. Balboa  Crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513

5. Magellan  Began circumnavigation of the world in 1519

6. Cortes  Conquered the Aztecs by 1521

7. Pizarro  Conquered the Incas of Peru

8. Coronado  Explored Texas, 1540 - 1542

9. English Exploration

10. John Cabot  May have reached Newfoundland in 1497

11. The Lost Colony

13. Walter Raleigh  Tried to establish a colony in 1585 – failed  Tried again in 1587 on Roanoke Island, NC  Returned in 1590 to find everyone gone – the “Lost Colony of Roanoke”

14. Jamestown  Established in 1607 as an economic venture

15. Jamestown

16. Puritans (the Pilgrims)  These “Separatists” settled Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620

17. Puritans

18. Massachusetts Bay Colony  Settled in 1630